Facebook will show people anti-fake news articles when they post false stories

If a user shares a popular story that might be fake on Facebook,
a new feature called "Related Articles" will show the user
fact-checked articles on the same subject from other sources.

It's a few steps short of actually censoring information, and the
idea is to show people more information to help them make up
their minds about a topic. We first saw the updated feature
reported on The Wall Street
Journal.

Here's how the update looks:

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Facebook

You can see that one person has posted a dubious article, and
that Facebook will show you more accurate articles directly
beneath, in your News Feed.

Facebook has been testing this feature since August and, in an update, said
that people had found it useful.

The company wrote:

"Since starting this test, we've heard that Related Articles
helps give people more perspectives and additional information,
and helps them determine whether the news they are reading is
misleading or false. So we're rolling this out more broadly."

Apart from fact-checked stories, Facebook will also show stories
that give people more context about what they are reading.

The update is available in the US, the Netherlands, Germany and
France so far. There's no word on when the feature might roll out
in the UK.